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Anas ibn Malik رضي الله عنه
The Prayer for Wealth and Children
Umm Sulaym once asked the Prophet ﷺ to pray for her servant boy. He raised his hands and said, "O Allah, increase his wealth and his children, and bless him in what You have given him" (Sahih al-Bukhari 6334; Sahih Muslim 660).
Anas later said that he became one of the wealthiest of the Ansar, with a large orchard, and that his children and grandchildren numbered over a hundred. It was said that he lived long, to around ninety-three.
Anas never treated this blessing as pride. He reminded people that wealth and children are tests, and that the best prayer asked of Allah is for what lasts.
A prayer is answered in ways that serve a servant's good, and each blessing is a trust to be used well.
Which blessing in your life do you need to look after better as a trust?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 6334 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 660Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Jami' al-Tirmidhi 3833Graded by Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih · Al-Albani: Sahih · Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad SahihSahih
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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